Wentworth News

Shafts of golden light from a late October sun slanted through oaks and maples as a wiry gray-haired lady bearing an American flag picked her way over the fallen leaves covering the Wentworth family cemetery.

Pictures depicting a recent trip to Spider Web Gardens, construction paper versions of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, as well as posters declaring "when I'm grown up, I want to be..." were among the artwork displayed on the walls of Tuftonboro Central School, where the Governor Wentworth Regional School Board was welcomed by Principal Kathy ...

The New Hampshire Bio/Medical Council honored industry, government and educational leaders at its recent annual awards dinner at Wentworth by the Sea Country Club.

University of New Hampshire Professional Development and Training will host a one-day conference "Leading in Times of Change" on Friday, Nov.

Life is not easy today given the "great recession," and economic challenges have cut a swath through the regional community affecting individuals, businesses, governments and nonprofit organizations.

Don't be alarmed if you see a dozen or more people being treated for anthrax exposure outside Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Friday.

Jenny Isler portrays 1944 Puddle Dock resident Emma Pecunies, who prepared food items such as "liberty cabbage" with vegetables grown from a "victory garden" during World War II.

Calling all animal lovers. With more than 300 animals in its care and a drop in adoptions, the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Stratham is asking for help.

The Board of Selectmen held a public forum on the potential sale of state land along Route 1A to the Wentworth by the Sea Country Club on Monday after the selectmen, the fire chief and a number of residents raised concerns about safety and loss of parking if the land is sold.

The New Hampshire SPCA has announced that The Veterinary Emergency, Critical Care and Cancer Treatment Center of New Hampshire will once again be the presenting sponsor of the annual Auction for the Animals.

The Schools Out! Program at Ossipee Central School prepares for some fiscal belt-tightening as it faces a $40,000-plus shortfall in private and public sector grant funding this year.

Event to be held Saturday, September 26 at Strawbery Banke Museum PORTSMOUTH, NH - Vintage & Vine returns to Puddle Dock in 2009 with an all-new harvest wine tasting tour of historic neighborhood homes.

Portsmouth Pro Musica, the community's longest continuing chorus, will hold open rehearsals on Tuesday evenings through the end of September.

Two children were taken to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital with minor injuries Sunday afternoon after a recreational boat they were riding in caught fire in the Cocheco River.

A wealthy Seacoast businessman is the latest Republican to seriously weigh a candidacy for the U.S. Senate.

Robert Harding Foster represented the tenacity and devoted personality it takes to direct and successfully manage a family owned business founded 136 years ago.

This September, see work by state prisoners in the Currier Museum of Art. The works by two prisoners will join the New Hampshire Furniture Masters at their 14th annual auction, which moved to the Currier in Manchester after a few years of holding it at the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel in New Castle.

Duke is a 7-year-old neutered male beagle. He is easy to handle, relaxed, sweet, well-mannered and super friendly.

Richard Candee talks about 'Changing Portsmouth' The Discover Portsmouth Center at 10 Middle St., Portsmouth will host Richard Candee, curator of the exhibit "Changing Portsmouth: Paintings by Charles Goodhue and Henry Bakula" for a gallery talk at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug.

Richard Candee talks about 'Changing Portsmouth' The Discover Portsmouth Center at 10 Middle St., Portsmouth will host Richard Candee, curator of the exhibit "Changing Portsmouth: Paintings by Charles Goodhue and Henry Bakula" for a gallery talk at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug.